sabato 25 maggio 2013

As I already have too many "discontinued&untried" polishes (BTW don't miss the montly date with our dusty gems) this time I've tried to show you a couple polishes from a current Essence Trend Edition: Floral Grunge (here the press release post).

These are the shades I picked when I found the almost-full display (in Slovenia, a couple weeks ago): Grunge me tender! and Madly purpled.

Marginal note: bottles are similar to Catrice ones, but I was really happy to find out that brushes are not. They are flat and average width (no cat's paw).

A pale green with silver shimmer; despite being quite viscous (or rather pasty) it's not very opaque: after two coats there were still streaks and patches so I applied another thick coat (and a fourth one on my ring finger); the finish is slightly rough.

Considering the number of coats (and their thickness) I've been able ;-) to dent it while taking pictures, so I've been able to try the shiny version just on middle and ring nails.

A soft lilac-mauve with subtle shimmer, to me it looked more satin that mat/matte. Not very pigmented, I applied two coats for this first swatch, but then looking nails closely (especially the index) I realized another one should have been added.

So when I tried it again, to see how it looked with a shiny top coat, I applied three layers.